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| Clockwise from top-left: Your VRS with Rizalino Torralba, aka Inday
Ruping in 2007, and with Kien Alphe Garsuta, Stella Ranario-Marquez,
Clement Ingking, Dr. Grace Ramada and friends, Arnel Libot and friends
and Fiel Angeli Araoarao-Gabin. Contributed Photos |
Comedian Inday Ruping, whose real names was Rizalino Torralba, drifted into an eternal sleep last Saturday night (March 27). He was 45.
Simply Titon to his the family, friends and the entertainment industry, the famous DJ loved for his hearty laughter.
In
2006, when a radio program "Bisaya" was vacated in by Inday Cristala
(who's in Taiwan now), Titon tried to apply just for fun. He chose the
screen name DJ Ruffa, but the name wasn't a click and was changed into
Inday Rufing/Ruping. As manghuhula would say, he was destined to become
a star who carved a name in the airwaves; it was written in the stars.
And the rest was history. Inday Ruping became an household name who tickled our funny bones.
Titon was fun to be with...witty, well-read and without any air or superiority complex.
In
the entertainment industry, he was the real "Mother." With his passion
and knowledge, he made sure that the industry was constantly improving.
He made sure other talents were given an oportunity to shine and earn.
He was admired and respected in the industry. As a person, he was very
thoughtful, generous and compassionate.
My most
unforgettable interview with Titon was in May 2008 while writing for
the defunct Bohol Sunday Post. Among the biggest bombshells: He was
raped by a woman, and, he had a son! And that explosive revelations that
shocked the world are still the talk of the town 13 years later.
Titon
was an open book, an exciting interviewee who fielded every question
you threw at him, even the most personal ones, and did it with wit and
humor. Maybe that’s one thing the new breed of entertainers can learn
from Titon — not to be over-protective of themselves, not to be
onion-skinned and not to flaunt any symptoms of star complex. Until the
very end, Titon remained accessible, humble and lovable.
Titon will be greatly missed.
Deo
Guden- Rest well our dearest Inday. You are a great loss to Bohol and
its people. You'll be missed by so many. Boholanos will never have
another Inday Rufing, yet you succumbed to sudden death hence, so
heartbreaking. Working with you for various Panglao events were all
good memories and fun-filled stories. True to your nifty vlog intro
spiel "Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow", yes! You were-are-will always
be loved and remembered. Rest in peace my dear, rest well with the
Lord.
Arnel
Libot-Salamat kaayo Sir/Inday Ruping....Sa imong Suporta sa Bohol
Stars....Sa mga shows nga ikaw ang nag host..dili malimtan,..You gave
smile and joy kanamong tanan....Rest in Peace....
Kien
Alphe Garsuta- Rest in Eternal Peace Inday Ruping! Nanghina ko
nakadungog sa news today. Makahuot sa dughan. Nag message pako nimo
last March 19 for event hosting karong May puhon. Daghang Salamat Inday
sa mga katawa, kalipay, ug kalingawan nga imong gipabati nimo kanamo!
You will always be remembered Inday.
Pier
Giorgio Salamat- Rest in peace, Inday Ruping! Mingawon jud mi nimo. Ikaw
ang tigtabang pod og wagtang sa among stress karong pandemic.
JP Maslog- You are in our hearts forever Titon. Daghang Salamat sa tabang ug suporta.
Fiel
Angeli Araoarao-Gabin- March 28, 2021... My final tribute to one of the
very talented graduates of Bohol National High School (Class of
1993)... Because I want to remember you this way... Inday Ruffing, as I
like to call you, I am truly saddened with the news. Let me thank YOU
for the friendship, for the many times you catered to my requests for
public service announcements for the promotion of our activities in your
Kiss FM radio program, and most of all, for the laughters and cheers
you have given to the Boholano people.... Truly, you will be greatly
missed... Requiescat in pace (RIP), Rizalino “Inday Ruffing” Torralba.
So unbelievable. So sudden. So tragic for someone who has brought so
much laughter to so many people.
Clement
Ingking-There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even
after they have gone the lights remains. Farewell, my friend, till we
meet again someday, somewhere.
Stella Ranario-Marquez- Inday Ruping Torralba Rest easy…you will be missed dearly..wla nay moshout out nko sa kissaw sa kiss
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